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About John McCarthy
John McCarthy is primarily known for his investigative reporting on the U.S. Virgin Islands. A series of reports beginning in the 1990's revealed that there was everything from coliform bacteria to Cryptosporidium in locally-bottled St. Croix drinking water, according to a then-unpublished University of the Virgin Islands sampling. Another report, following Hurricane Hugo in 1989, cited a Federal Emergency Management Agency (FEMA) confidential overview that said that over 40 percent of the U.S. Virgin Islands public lives below the poverty line. The Virgin Islands Free Press is the only Caribbean news source to regularly incorporate the findings of U.S. Freedom of Information Act requests. John's articles have appeared in the BVI Beacon, St. Croix Avis, San Juan Star and Virgin Islands Daily News. He is the former news director of WSVI-TV Channel 8 on St. Croix.
Carnival Dream Becomes ‘A Nightmare’ After Water Floods Deck … Passenger Invokes ‘Titanic’
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Carnival Dream Becomes ‘A Nightmare’ After Water Floods Deck … Passenger Invokes ‘Titanic’

[ad name="HTML-68"] [wpedon id="23995" align="left"] MIAMI -- Passengers aboard a seven-day Carnival cruise to the western Caribbean could be forgiven if they felt they were trapped in a scene from…
Posted by John McCarthy May 5, 2018
Josiah Hodge of St. Thomas Gets 16 Years For Back Street Killing Nearly Five Years Ago
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Josiah Hodge of St. Thomas Gets 16 Years For Back Street Killing Nearly Five Years Ago

CHARLOTTE AMALIE — The last of three men who confessed to killing another man during a robbery almost five years ago has been punished for that criminal act, authorities said.…
Posted by John McCarthy May 5, 2018
17-Year-Old Puerto Rican Boy Shoots Honeymoon Tourist At Point Blank Range
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17-Year-Old Puerto Rican Boy Shoots Honeymoon Tourist At Point Blank Range

[ad name="HTML-68"] [wpedon id="23995" align="left"] SAN JUAN -- Police in Puerto Rico have arrested a 17-year-old suspect in the armed robbery and shooting of tourist Kendric Tyler of Alaska. Tyler…
Posted by John McCarthy May 4, 2018
QR CODING ART: Our Priceless Art and Antiques Being Evaluated For Dollars They’d Bring
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QR CODING ART: Our Priceless Art and Antiques Being Evaluated For Dollars They’d Bring

CHARLOTTE AMALIE - The government of the U.S. Virgin Islands has engaged St. Croix cultural preservationist Julio Encarnacion III to catalog and manage the territory’s priceless collection of antique artifacts and paintings.…
Posted by John McCarthy May 4, 2018
Virgin Islands Behavioral Services (VIBS) Serving At-Risk Youth To Shut Its Doors This Summer
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Virgin Islands Behavioral Services (VIBS) Serving At-Risk Youth To Shut Its Doors This Summer

[ad name="HTML-68"] [wpedon id="23995" align="left"] CHRISTIANSTED -- Virgin Islands Behavioral Services (VIBS) - a behavioral health facility in Anna's Hope serving the Virgin Islands since 1995 - will close its…
Posted by John McCarthy May 3, 2018
OUR MOST POPULAR STORY: March … Lowry Hill One-Car Accident … Driver Said He Saw A Deer!
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OUR MOST POPULAR STORY: March … Lowry Hill One-Car Accident … Driver Said He Saw A Deer!

[ad name="HTML-68"] [wpedon id="23995" align="left"] EAST END -- This story from March 24, 2018 was the Virgin Islands Free Press' most popular story in terms of unique views for the…
Posted by John McCarthy May 3, 2018
New York Man Gets 8.5 Years In Prison For Two Gunpoint Jewelry Store Robberies on St. Thomas
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New York Man Gets 8.5 Years In Prison For Two Gunpoint Jewelry Store Robberies on St. Thomas

[ad name="HTML-68"] [wpedon id="23995" align="left"] CHARLOTTE AMALIE – A New York man was given eight and a half years in prison by a federal judge today for his role in…
Posted by John McCarthy May 3, 2018
MONTH EARLY? Hurricane Season Just Can’t Wait With Tropical System Set To Form This Weekend
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MONTH EARLY? Hurricane Season Just Can’t Wait With Tropical System Set To Form This Weekend

[ad name="HTML-68"] [wpedon id="23995" align="left"] SAN JUAN -- We're still almost a month away from the start of the Atlantic hurricane season, so why are we already looking at tropical…
Posted by John McCarthy May 3, 2018
Despite Speedy Recovery, Caribbean Is Poised to Lose Billions of Tourism Dollars
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Despite Speedy Recovery, Caribbean Is Poised to Lose Billions of Tourism Dollars

BUENOS AIRES -- The numbers are sobering. When Hurricanes Irma and Maria battered the Caribbean last fall, the region lost nearly one million visitors and an estimated $900 million in tourism-related…
Posted by John McCarthy May 3, 2018
FEDERAL AFFIDAVITS: Two People Helped Nathaniel Thomas Escape From Golden Grove in March
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FEDERAL AFFIDAVITS: Two People Helped Nathaniel Thomas Escape From Golden Grove in March

[ad name="HTML-68"] [wpedon id="23995" align="left"] FREDERIKSTED -- Convicted felon Nathaniel Thomas escaped from Golden Grove Adult Correctional Facility on St. Croix in March with the help of two people, according…
Posted by John McCarthy May 3, 2018

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